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Educational inequalities in hospital care for mortally ill patients in Norway
(Sage, 2017)
Aims: Health care should be allocated fairly, irrespective of patients’ social standing. Previous research suggests that highly educated patients are prioritized in Norwegian hospitals. This study examines this contentious ...
Østkanten tar til gatene. Marginalitet og banalitet i Oslo
(Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2018)
The Israeli invasion of Gaza in late December 2008 triggered demonstrations –
or as several commentators termed them, riots – in downtown Oslo, as it
did in other European cities. Many young people from the «immigrant ...
Public beliefs about high-voltage powerlines in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom: A comparative survey
(Elsevier, 2014)
As countries worldwide, and particularly in Europe, move to increase deployment of low carbon energy
sources, significant investments in new transmission networks are planned. However, past cases of public
opposition – ...
The understanding and role of uncertainty and risk in climate change adaptation: local and central authorities in Norway
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
A common claim is that emerging and future climate change is rendering traditional conceptions of uncertainty and risk obsolete. This is because a changing climate makes it quite a challenge to calculate uncertainties, ...
Mixed neighbourhoods and native out-mobility in the Oslo region: the importance of parenthood
(SAGE Publications, 2018)
The extent to which the native-born population accept living in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods is receiving more and more attention throughout Europe. The Norwegian debate around this topic started in the 1990s and tends to ...
Foreign Affairs and Federal Actors in the Indian Democracy
(Universitetsforlaget, 2016)
India is an emerging power. Its economic clout has increased substantially and on a more or less even pace since the late 1990s, partly as the consequence of this economic growth and partly as a prerequisite for it, India ...
Affective and cognitive dimensions of ski destination images. The case of Norway and the Lillehammer region
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-25)
To map the image foreign markets have of Norway as a winter
tourist destination, and the Lillehammer region in particular, we surveyed 1000 respondents from Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
We identified six key experience ...
Sustainable welfare in the EU: Promoting synergies between climate and social policies
(SAGE Publications, 2016-06-15)
The commentary addresses the scope for synergy between climate change policy and social policy in the European Union from a ‘sustainable welfare’ perspective. The emerging sustainable welfare approach is oriented at the ...
Catching up and Falling behind: An Appraisal of Brazilian Industrial Policy in the Twenty-First Century
(Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation, 2016)
Amidst analyses of industrial policy’s renaissance in Latin America, Brazil is often hailed as the paragon of this movement. The mix of old and new institutions and instruments would constitute a unique effort in promoting ...
Fødselsrekkefølge og utdanningsoppnåelse: Har foreldrenes landbakgrunn betydning?
(Universitetsforlaget, 2017)
Innen samfunnsforskningen er sosial bakgrunn en av hovedforklaringene på utdanning- og yrkesoppnåelse i voksen alder. Samtidig har en lang forskningstradisjon vist at det er forskjeller mellom søsken i samme familie i ...